US midterm race enters final weekend as Alaska, California fights intensify
What's new: More than 51 million Americans have already voted, a record pace before the Nov. 3 election.
The campaign for control of Congress entered its final weekend with new legal and political flashpoints in Alaska and California. In Alaska, federal prosecutors are investigating whether aides to Democratic Senate challenger Mary Peltola helped recruit retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. because his name resembles that of Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. In California, the Trump administration is weighing a Supreme Court appeal after a federal appeals court rejected its push to set aside more than 20,000 mail ballots it argues were cast by likely non-citizens. The races are unfolding as early voting hits a record, with more than 51 million ballots already cast ahead of the Nov. 3 vote.